Al Campanis Baseball player

Alexander Sebastian Campanis (born Alessandro Campani, November 2, 1916 – June 21, 1998) was an American executive in Major League Baseball. He had a brief Major League career as a second baseman, playing for both the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' minor-league team. Campanis is most famous for his position as general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1968 to 1987, from which he was fired on April 6, 1987 as a result of controversial remarks regarding blacks in baseball during an interview on Nightline.

Personal facts

Birth dateNovember 02, 1916
Birth place
Dodecanese , Kos
Date of deathJune 21, 1998

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 23, 1943
Career endOctober 03, 1943
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former teams
Los Angeles Dodgers
position
Second baseman
teams
Los Angeles Dodgers
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Al Campanis on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7267419
  2. http://www.newsthinking.com/story.cfm?SID=146